But the operation went awry when two U.S. Black Hawk helicopters were shot down, and the American troops were plunged into a deadly firefight with Somali soldiers. The 18-hour battle left 18 ...

Ridley Scott's Oscar-winning 2002 movie Black Hawk Down famously portrayed the story of the Battle of Mogadishu, when Black Hawk helicopters were shot down by Somali forces in 1993. But the film ...

Though Black Hawk Down is a fictionalized account of the 1993 Battle of Mogadishu, the real American soldiers and Somalis who survived the deadly crash have their own harrowing tales to tell.

Netflix's new documentary series Surviving Black Hawk Down tells the story of a deadly war mission and the harsh realities behind it. This series is the story of American soldiers who were trapped ...